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Updated: 10:09 AM CDT May 4, 2020

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WEDNESDAY" FOUR WEEKS, OF ESSENTIALLY, LIVING IN A TENT. WE TOLD THE STORY OF DOCTOR KERR QUARENTINING HIMSELF IN ONE ROOM OF HIS HOUSE AROUND A MONTH AGO, NOW, HE TELLS US WHAT'S BEEN ONE OF THE HARDEST ASPECTS OF ROUGHING IT "A COUPLE THUNDERSTROMS HERE RECENTLY HAVE TESTED MY COMMITMENT AND MY WIFE ACTUALLY SENT ME A TEXT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT NOT TOO LONG AGO AND SAID I WOULD UNDERSTAND IF YOU WANNA COME BACK INSIDE AND SLEEP ON THE COUCH OR ONE OF THE KIDS ROOMS WHERE THEY WERE SLEEPING BUT I STUCK IT OUT IT HASN'T BEEN BAD" AND HE ALSO TELLS US WHAT HAS BEEN KEEPING HIM BUSY "EVERY NOW AND THEN HAVE TO REFEREE SIBLING RIVARLY ACROSS THE WINDOW HELP SOME KDIS WITH HOMEWORK AT THE WINDOW IT HAS JUST BECOME RELATIONSHIP AT A DISTANCE MY 11 YEAR OLD HAVING A NIGHTLY MEETING AT THE WINDOW AND ILL SIT DOWN WITH MY CELL PHONE AND SHE'LL SIT DOWN WITH HER CELL PHONE AND WE WILL TALK AND GO OVER THE SCHOOLWORK OF THE DAY. SO IT'S NONSTOP NIGHTLY MEETING AT THE WINDOW AND ILL SIT DOWN WITH MY CELL PHONE AND SHE'LL SIT DOWN WITH HER CELL PHONE AND WE WILL TALK AND GO OVER THE SCHOOLWORK OF THE DAY. SO IT'S NONSTOP AND WE TRY TO HANDLE THE ROUTINE AS MUCH AS WE CAN FROM A DISTANCE OVER ALL IT'S GONE PRETTY WELL" NICK NIEHAUS 16 WAPT NEWS SO

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A doctor has been living in a tent to quarantine from his family for a month

It has been a month since Dr. Ben Kerr, a surgeon in Mississippi, started living in his "luxury" tent. He's shared some of the hardest parts of roughing it over the past several weeks. A couple thunderstorms tested his commitment."My wife sent me a text in the middle of the night not too long ago and said she would understand if I wanted to come back inside and sleep on the couch," he said, "Or one of the kids' rooms where they were sleeping, but I stuck it out. It hasn't been bad."Caring for his kids from a distance has also been a challenge — whether it's keeping the sibling rivalry at bay or helping with homework — but it's also kept him busy."It has become a relationship at a distance," Kerr said. "My 11-year-old (and I have) a nightly meeting at the window. I'll sit down with my cell phone and she'll sit down with her cell phone. We will talk and go over the schoolwork of the day."It's nonstop, and we try to handle the routine as much as we can from a distance. Overall it's gone pretty well."Watch the video above to learn more about this story.

He's shared some of the hardest parts of roughing it over the past several weeks.

A couple thunderstorms tested his commitment.

"My wife sent me a text in the middle of the night not too long ago and said she would understand if I wanted to come back inside and sleep on the couch," he said, "Or one of the kids' rooms where they were sleeping, but I stuck it out. It hasn't been bad."

Caring for his kids from a distance has also been a challenge — whether it's keeping the sibling rivalry at bay or helping with homework — but it's also kept him busy.

"It has become a relationship at a distance," Kerr said. "My 11-year-old (and I have) a nightly meeting at the window. I'll sit down with my cell phone and she'll sit down with her cell phone. We will talk and go over the schoolwork of the day.

"It's nonstop, and we try to handle the routine as much as we can from a distance. Overall it's gone pretty well."